Resolving the farmer-consumer binary
By Ashok Gulati & Carmel Cahill Reforms to domestic market regulations and direct benefit transfers for vulnerable sections of the population could be the win-win solution. […]
Agriculture
India’s Farmlands Vulnerable to Climate Change
By Sagarika Phalke The variability of monsoon rains due to climate change affects Marathwada and Vidarbha regions the most, says a district level study. India is […]
Farming in India unprofitable for nearly 2 decades
By Zia Haq Agriculture in India suffers negative total revenues, implying that assets going out of the sector are more than those flowing in. Farming, therefore, […]
The Organic Food Revolution: A Nightmare for India?
By Parul Abrol Is India’s organic food revolution myth or reality? The posh conversations about organic food that started off in the West and reached even […]
NABARD Injects Rs 65,635 Crore Into Indian Agriculture For 93 Irrigation Projects, Will Benefit 80 Lakh Hectares Of Land
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved Rs 65,635 crore for 93 irrigation projects under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY), Press Trust […]
Sustainable farming, ‘key’ to world free of hunger, malnutrition, says UN agriculture chief
There will be “no sustainable future without eradicating poverty and hunger,” the United Nations agriculture agency chief spelled out on Monday, launching the Food and […]
India to launch agriculture project worth $33.5 million with UN’s FAO in five states; initiative aimed at promoting conservation
New Delhi: The government along with United Nations body FAO has launched an agriculture project with $33.5 million grant from Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks […]
Bayer Crop Science brings high-tech digital tools to India’s farms
By Rajesh Bhayani To launch such tools for advance farming, a pilot project giving farmers agronomic information has already been launched; pest-protected seed varieties on cards […]
As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms
By Sahana Ghosh In the last three decades, the groundwater input to the Ganges River in India has declined by 50 percent during the summer, a […]
Misaligned agriculture: A major source of India’s water problems
BY HARITHA SARANGA AND SPOORTHI ANANDA KUMAR India is not a water poor country, however, the demand for water is increasing every day due to the […]